Can.



J. U. BARR.

CAN.

APPLIOATION FILED Amlzo. 190s. l

912.526 Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

M lill l .and affixed to a UNITED ysTATEs PATENT OEEIOE.

JOHN U. BARR, OF NEW YORIQN. Y., AssIGNoR oF TWO-THIERS To FREDERICK e. EBsARY,

' oF HUGUENOT PARK, AND Louis sTRUEVER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAN.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

Application filed August 20, 1908. Serial No. 449,463.

To all 'whom 'it ma concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN U. BARR, a citizen of the United New York city, in the borough of Manhattan, county and State of New York, have invented a certain ne`w and useful Improved Can, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description. v

The objectof this invention is to' provide a can which may be worn beneath the coat, garment of the wearer, and particularly adapted for the carrying of eer or other liquids, so that one who pre-` fers draft beer can overcome the popular prejudice against rushing the can and Will be able to get the 'draft beer and transport it to ones home without giving rise to comment.

A further object is to so construct the can that it may be hung either in the arm hole of the coat or of the vest without changing the position of the can with relation to the b'ody of the person using the same.l

In order to cause the can to t closely between the body of the wearer and his coat or other outergarment, I form the can with a concave and convex side, and relatively narrow. I provide a bail having a hook which will hook over the arm hole of the vest or of the coat sleeve on the inside of the same. I prefer to have the hook a double hook so that it can be hooked either on the arm hole or in the sleeve.

TheV scope of my invention will be pointed out in the claim. -J

In the-aclompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation showing the concave face spective view of the single hook.

of the can, the can being partly broken away at its upper portion. Fig. 2 is aV plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the hook of Figs. 1 -and 2. Fig. 4 is a per- Fig. 5`is a perspective view of a modified form of double hook.

As shown in Fig. '1, the can body roper 1 is the form with an overturned edge or reinforcing rod 7 at its up er open edge. It has concave and convex sides, preferably with rounded ends. The can is preferably open across its entire top for ready cleaning, and to aid the drawer of 'draft beer to foam the same, as is 'the habit and custom in the trade. A cover 2 with a dependent flange to fit the interior of the can may be provided, and it may have a loop 6 as is customary in most cases. Staple or other States, residing at -securing means may be fastened at opposite ends of the long diameter of the can, and a bail 3 lprefelalny of wire is hung in the sta les I Fd the referred'v form of my invention shown in `igs. 1 to 3 inclusive, the wire 3 which forms the bail, is twisted together 'a little over the center of the same, and the loop above the twist bent over as shown in Fig, 3 to form a hook 5 on both sides of the bail. It will be obvious that the hook adjacent to the concave side of the can will nicely iit linto the arm hole of the vest of the wearer, or the o posite hook may fit into the arm hole of t e coat, or lboth hooks may be brought into play, one upon the vest and one upon the coat. I prefer that the bail be so located in relation to the can as shown in Fig. 2, that the hook will come substantially in line with the concave side of thecan at the center thereof, so that the can will tend to hang with its bottom and top horizontal when suspended from the bail.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a single hooks formed from the center loop of the bail 9, in

other respects the can supplied with this hook will be( identical with' the can heretofore described.

In Fig, 5 I have shown the bail 12 as provided wlth a freely rotatable sleeve 11, on its central part, which is formed horizontal and straight. The sleeve 11 carries double hooks 10, so that the lower hook 10 may be swung over to the top to engage with the arm hole of the coat or the device may be used as shown so that the upper hook may be engaged with the arm hole of a vest.

I claim as my invention:

An article of the character described, comprising a can having concave and convex sides, and being relatively narrow across its short diameter, a bail for said can, said bail being partially twisted intermediate its ends, and having a ortion adjacent the twisted portion formed3 to provide a pair of opposed looped hooks, said hooks being disposed to one side of the twisted bail portion and adapted to be engaged bythe coat-sleeve and vest of the carrier.

Signed at New York city August 1 908.

this 19th day of JOHN U. BARR. 

